About Quote by Maximilian Schell

I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak.

— Keith Jarrett

I'd go over to my grandmother's house, and she'd be playing opera. They loved opera. Not only did they play it on the radio,…

— Linda Ronstadt

Oscar Peterson's 'Hymn to Freedom' is the first song I ever lifted on the piano. I learned it note-for-note and it's still probably the…

— JP Saxe

My dad sung and played piano. But he was also a man of God. He was a minister. So when Sam Cooke would come…

— Merry Clayton

The first thing I learned was the 'St Louis Blues' when I was eight. Both my grandmothers, my mother and uncle played the piano.…

— Jools Holland

I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I…

— Jack Black

I play the piano and that's how I learned about music. I then taught myself the guitar, drums, percussion and various other things, such…

— Bill Bailey

We didn't sit around the dining table talking about Madam Walker, but the silverware that we used every day had her monogram on it…

— A'Lelia Bundles

As a kid, I took piano lessons, and I didn't like it. It wasn't cool. I was into Duran Duran and rock music. I…

— Matt Skiba

I had aunts who played piano and sang and also were entertainers, so music was very much a part of my life.

— Dianne Reeves

I wanted to be a musician. I just wanted to be famous because I wanted to escape from what I felt was my limitation…

— Anthony Hopkins

My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it

— Gavin DeGraw